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Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... those aged 18-29, plan to invest more than their older counterparts, according to the MLC Q2 Wealth Behaviour Survey; the problem is they're not planning to invest in their superannuation. The quarterly survey of more than 2,000 Australians found middle-aged ...

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... those aged 18-29, plan to invest more than their older counterparts, according to the MLC Q2 Wealth Behaviour Survey; the problem is they're not planning to invest in their superannuation. The quarterly survey of more than 2,000 Australians found middle-aged ...

Industry must collaborate to defeat cyber threats

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... right and share that intelligence in a meaningful way it makes all of us more effective to actually go to the heart of the problem."

Cyber security not just an IT problem: ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Board members must be aware of their responsibility and duty to understand company cyber resilience, according to ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour. Speaking as part of a panel at the SINET61 Summit held in Sydney, Armour said it isn't surprising that ...

University launches free SMSF course

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Charles Sturt University (CSU) has launched an online self-managed superannuation course as a growing number of Australians move to manage their own superannuation assets. Professor of finance at the School of Accounting and Finance, Adam Steen launched ...

UK corporate pension deficit swells

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
The combined pension deficit of the UK's 350 largest listed companies widened £50 billion ($87 billion) in August, the increase on record. According to data from Mercer, the accounting deficit of defined benefit pension schemes for FTSE 350 companies ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... funds are on track to meet several disclosure deadlines but there is an underlying issue which is of concern. "The one problem I see in terms of disclosure compliance, and I think several funds would sympathise with this, is the production of complying ...

Capital not enough to prevent failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
A lone reliance on capital is an "unwise strategy", according to APRA chair Wayne Byres who said the industry must accept and prepare for failures in the banking industry. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute Banking Conference Byres noted that while ...

Digital advice an economic problem

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... McPherson said super funds finding it difficult to implement a digital advice solution may discover it's more of an economic problem where the number of member accounts versus member benefits present a disproportionate allocation of resources. "What ...

Mastering the art of ignoring crises

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... days there is a crisis. It is a waste of psychological energy to react." The asset management firm aims to solve this problem by offering investors exposure to strategies which are uncorrelated to the market and each other and are carefully designed ...